DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 JUNE 2018

i.
Making a breakthrough in missile technology, India successfully carried out the
flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet propulsion based missile, according to
the Defence Ministry.

ii.
The technology demonstrator flight test was conducted from the Launch
Centre-III of Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.

2.INDIA RANKS 113TH ON CHILDHOOD INDEX

i.
According to a Save the Children’s "End of Childhood Index 2018”, India
ranks 113 among 175 countries with regards to where childhood is threatened as
a result of poor health, malnutrition, exclusion from education, child labour,
and child marriage.

ii.
The child marriages in India have come down to 15.2% from 21.1% in 2017.

ii.
India jumped three positions up from 116 last year with improvement in India’s overall
score by 14 points from 754 to 768 on a scale of 1000.

iii.Singapore
and Slovenia are placed at the top sharing the first place in the index and
Niger figures at the end of the list at 175.

3.INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES 'AGNI-5'
OFF ODISHA COAST

i.
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Long
Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-5 from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha
coast.

ii.
The state-of-the-art surface-to-surface missile developed by the Defence
Research and Development Organisationhas a strike range of 5,000 kilometres and can carry a nuclear warhead
of more than one tonne.

4.ASIA'S 1ST 13 'BLUE FLAG' BEACHES TO
BE DEVELOPED IN INDIA

i.
Environment-friendly, clean and equipped with amenities of international
standards for tourists, 13 Indian beaches will soon get the Blue Flag
certification.

ii.These
beaches of Odisha, Maharashtra and other coastal states will be the first in
not just India, but in Asia, to get the Blue Flag certification.

ii.
The Indian beaches are being developed by the Society for Integrated Coastal
Management (SICOM), an environment ministry's body working for the management
of coastal areas.

5.FINANCIAL LITERACY WEEK BEGINS

i.
The Reserve Bank of India has chosen customer protection as a theme for the
Financial Literacy Week which has begun on June 4ending on June 8.

ii.Itwill focus on creating awareness among
customers of banks about financial products and services, good financial
practices and going digital.

ii.
The week will focus on four consumer protection messages like 'know your
liability' for unauthorised electronic banking transaction and Good practices
for a safe digital banking experience.

6.WORLD BICYCLE DAY: 3 JUNE

i.
On June 3, 2018, the first official World Bicycle Day was celebrated.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu flagged off a mega cycling event in New Delhi.

ii.
The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the multiple societal benefits
of using the bicycle for transport and leisure.

iii.The
day, which is celebrated for the first time this year, was approved on 12 April
2018 as an official United Nations day.